Toy



fatented Dec. 30, 1924 6 JAMES) SHIRLEY HOPE, or PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA.

TOY.

Application filed October 8, 1923. Serial No. 667,266.

I 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES SHIRLEY florn, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Portsmouth, in the county of Norfolk and tate of Virginia, have invent-*- ed certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and useful improvement in toys and is designed to pro vide an improved figure wheeled toy in which the parts are so related that when the toy is rolled a movable element is caused to reciprocate. The particularly novel feature of my device isthe relation between the wheels or rollers upon which the toy 1s mounted and the movable element. The movable elementis pivotally mounted in the body of the toy and the wheels are provided with a crank arm which, as it rotates, causes pressure upon a flexible cord one end of which is fastened to the body of the toy and the other end to the movable element.

\Vhile I have illustrated in the drawings filed herewith a specific embodiment of my invention, it is to be distinctly understood that I do not consider my invention limited to the details of construction therein disclosed but refer for its scope to the claim appended hereto.

1n the drawings: Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved to 2 is a front elevation.

My toy is composed of the body portion 1 to which are attached the front axle 2 and the rear axle 3. The body is provided with a recess 1 near its upper edge and a channel 5 leading from the recess 1 toand through the front axle 2 which is provided at its portion directly under the body 1 with a re cess 6. Rotatably mounted on the underside of the front axle 2 in the staples 7, there is the operatlng axle 8 provided with the crank arm 9 and the fixed attached wheels 10. lVheels 11 are rotatably mounted upon the ends of the rear axle 3.

I provide a movable element 12 with a tongue 13 which is inserted into the recess 4 and is pivotally mounted in the body 1 by the pin 14:. The inner end 15 of the tongue 13 is disposed within the recess t directly above the channel 5. The element 12 is so pivoted that its center of gravity is forward of the pivot pin 1 1 causing the portion outside of the body 1 normally to drop forwardly and the tongue 13 to extend upwardly within the recess 1. An operating cord 16 has its upper end attached to the inner end 15 of the tongue 13, passes downwardly through the channel 5, about the crank arm 9 of the axle 8 and has its lower end attached to the projection 17 of the body 1 adjacent the axle 2. The parts are so pro-- portioned and related that when the crank arm 9 is in the position indicated in Fig. 2, the cord 16 is slacked and the movable element 12 is permitted to rest in normal position. lVhen the toy is pulled or pushed either forward or backward, the rotation of the wheels 10 causes the rotation of the crank arm 9 and as the crank arm 9 moves from its perpendicular position. indicated in Fig. 2 it crating cord 16 and since the lower end of the cord 16 is fastened to a fixed point the pressure causes the cord 16 to draw the tongue 13 downwardly, causing the movable element 12 outside of the body 1 to rise.

iVhen the crank arm 9 moves into a position to release the pressure upon the cord 16, the movable element assumes its normal position by the action of gravity. Thus it will be obvious that the travel of the toy automatically causes the reciprocation of the movable element 12.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

In a toy, the combination of a body portion; a movable element pivotally mounted in said body portion; wheels rotatably mounted on said body portion; a crank arm adapted to be rotated by said wheels; an operating cord having one end fastened to said body portion and the other end fastened to said movable element, said cord being disposed in the path of rotation of said crank arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES SHIRLEY HOPE.

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